Unit 18 Data problem solving

The list shows the number of points a basketball team scored during the games the team played last season.

83, 98, 104, 88, 95, 98, 101, 89, 92, 89

The stem and leaf plot also shows these data.  

What number goes in the 🔲 to complete the stem and leaf plot?

The list shows the number of articles written by different reporters at a newspaper last month.

6, 2, 5, 2, 6, 0, 4, 6, 1, 8, 5, 2, 6, 4, 2

Which dot plot displays the same data?

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Students pushed toy cars to see how far they would roll. The table shows the number of cars that rolled different distances.

Which dot represents the data in the table?

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The table shows the total number of runs different baseball teams scored in one season. Which stem and leaf plot displays these data?

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The list shows the lengths of twelve strings in inches.

26, 30, 19, 21, 24, 26, 18, 31, 27, 21, 17, 29

Which plot represents the data in the list?

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The frequency table shows the number of times some people visited a movie theater last year.

Which set of data could the frequency table represent?

• 0, 2, 3 , 5, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 18, 20, 20

• 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 19, 20

• 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 7, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 20, 20

• 1, 5, 6, 5, 4, 8, 3, 4, 8, 10, 3, 2

The list gives information about the favorite color of each of 27 students. 

7 students red.

4 students chose yellow.

6 more students chose blue than yellow. 

2 fewer students chose purple than red. 

The rest of the students chose green.

Which frequency table represents the number of students who chose each color?

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The stem and leaf show the number of hours different employees at a bakery shop worked in one week.

What is the difference between the most hours and the least hours worked?

• 38

• 36

• 70

• 42

The stem and leaf show the number of miles Jayden ran during different days of the week.

What is the total number of miles Jayden ran during the week?  

• 268

• 26.8

• 25.6

• 32.1

The stem and leaf show the number of leaves different nature club members collected.

What is the total number of leaves the nature club collected?